Originally Posted by Ronnie P.:
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"Boehner et al, is content to sit idly by and spend their days assigning blame rather than in constructive, pragmatic discussion and resolution of any problem."
reality
The White House effectively turned down an invitation by Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell for President Barack Obama to visit his members on Capitol Hill on Thursday to discuss raising the debt limit.
http://www.reuters.com/article...dUSTRE75T4T920110630
Is Obama golfing on Thursday?
Boehner Cool to Obama’s Invitations
Jan. 24, 2011
“One snub is an accident; three or four, well, that’s a pattern,” one top House Democratic aide said. “Bipartisanship is a two-way street, but Republicans only see it going one way.”
It’s only been two months since Republicans took control of the House, and Speaker John Boehner is already earning a re****tion for tellingPresidentBarackObama, “No.”
The Ohio Republican last week turned down a White House invitation to attend a state dinner forChinese PresidentHuJintao. A week earlier, Boehner declined an offer from Obama to fly with him on Air Force One to attend theTucson,Ariz., memorial ceremony. And unlike last year’s House GOP retreat, the president was not asked by Republican leaders to make an appearance at this year’s getaway.
“When the president calls and asks a Member of Congress to meet at the White House, you go,”Rep.ElijahCummings(D-Md.) said at the time. “You put down everything else, you cancel all your other appointments and you go. This is the leader of the free world and the commander in chief of our nation. You do not say, ‘Let’s reschedule.’”
Senior House Democratic aides speculated that Boehner is intentionally backing out of meetings with Obama to send a signal that he is going to use his role as Speaker to play hardball with the president. Boehner hasn’t been shy about how he intends to deal with the White House over the next two years: In a Dec. 12 interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Boehner said he is open to finding “common ground” with the president but will not “compromise” with him.
“I reject the word,” he said.
http://www.pacepeo.com/boehner...o-obamas-invitations